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Leaders with Marfrig Global Foods said the company is continuing to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) for a portion of its Keystone Foods business unit, and is optimistic that the IPO can be concluded during the second half of its 2017 fiscal year.

As proponents of new broiler welfare programs continue to push for changes in broiler production techniques and smaller, slower-growing breeds, cases are being made that birds in modern production are not as healthy or mobile as they should be.

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch’s plans to build a new egg production facility in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, has taken a step forward, as the Montgomery Township Supervisors have granted conditional approval of the company’s land development plan.

Tyson Foods President and CEO Tom Hayes indicated that if the demand for chicken products from slower-growing broiler breeds was strong enough, and it was proven to be good from an animal welfare perspective, the company would be willing to enter into that type of production.